2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 1
Joseph Yesufu
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Bolingbrook, Illinois
- High School:
- Bolingbrook HS
- Prev School:
- Washington State
West Virginia (2024-25)
- NABC Honors Court
- Played in 29 games
- Averaged 6.4 points and 2.0 rebounds per game
- Scored 12 points at Utah
- Finished with nine points at BYU
- Recorded 14 points against TCU, including four 3-point field goals
- Scored six points against Cincinnati
- Finished with seven points at Baylor
- Scored 11 points vs. BYU
- Recorded 14 points against Utah
- Finished with 11 points at TCU
- Scored 16 points on 6-of-6 (4-of-4 from 3-point range) from the field at Cincinnati
- Finished with nine points against Houston
- Scored a season-high 18 points in the win at Colorado
- Had six points on 2-of-2 from 3-point range at Kansas
- Recorded seven points with four rebounds and four steals vs. Mercyhurst
- Had 14 points on four 3-point field goals vs. North Carolina Central
- Finished with five points against UMass
- Scored three points against Robert Morris
Prior to West Virginia
- Attended Washington State in 2023-24
- Previously attended Kansas for two seasons and two seasons at Drake under DeVries
- For his career, Yesufu has played in 119 games and has scored 698 points, grabbed 153 rebounds, has 127 assists and 77 steals
- Last year at Washington State, the fifth-year senior played and started in six games before a season-ending hip injury
- Posted a season-high 15 points against Mississippi State. He averaged 6.2 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 1.8 assists
- In 2022-23 at Kansas, Yesufu played in 35 games with three starts
- Had four games scoring in double figures, including 14 points against Texas
- Had back-to-back 14-point games against Tennessee and Texas Southern
- Recorded three steals off the bench against Oklahoma State
- In his first year at Kansas, Yesufu tallied a season-high nine points against Kansas State and had four rebounds vs. West Virginia in the Big 12 Championship
- Played in 34 games during the 2021-22 season
- Named the Missouri Valley Conference Sixth Man of the Year at Drake and named to the MVC All-Bench and Most Improved teams
- Was a MVC Scholar-Athlete and named to the MVC All-Tournament Team
- Averaged 12.8 points, including a 23.2 points per game average in the last nine games of the season
- Made at least four threes in five of those games
- Reached the 30-point mark in both games against Evansville, setting a career-best 36 points in the second contest
- Set a career high with six assists against Chicago State and made a career-best six 3-point field goals against USC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
- Scored more than 15 points in 10 games
- Played in 13 games as a true freshman at Drake, sidelined with a leg injury
- His best game was 16 points, six rebounds, three assists and four steals against Simpson
- Attended Bolingbrook High in 2018-19 and was named the Herald News Boys Basketball Player of the Year
- Averaged 16.0 points per game as a senior and 14.0 points as a junior
Personal
- Son of Olalekan and Michelle Yesufu
- Majoring in business data analytics
- Birthday is Sept. 17
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